Former member of Toronto’s seminal a capella group The Nylons, Micah Barnes with local jazz pianist Holly Arsenault, team up for a concert at The Carleton on Sunday, August 5th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $25 advanced or $30 at the door. Don’s miss this rare opportunity to see a couple of (more…)
Ottawa party band extraordinaire, The PepTides, bring their hugely entertaining act to The Carleton for the first time on Monday, August 6th AND Tuesday, August 7th. Show time each night is 8 PM and they want to make an impression, so admission is only $10 at the door. If you’re looking for some early week (more…)
Ottawa party band extraordinaire, The PepTides, bring their hugely entertaining act to The Carleton for the first time on Monday, August 6th AND Tuesday, August 7th. Show time each night is 8 PM and they want to make an impression, so admission is only $10 at the door. If you’re looking for some early week (more…)
Cape Breton’s Jon Hines celebrates the release of his album Wild Things Roam in a songwriters’ circle format with pals Andre Pettipas + Andrew Hunter at The Carleton on Wednesday, August 8th. Show time is 7:30 PM and admission is $10 at the door. Jon Hines is a Cape Breton singer/songwriter, folk-blues, and story teller. (more…)
Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann returns to The Carleton with a new album – There’s A Place – for his now-annual Halifax play on Thursday, August 9th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30. Séan McCann bought his first guitar in 1989 which he affectionately calls “Old Brown”. Old Brown has been around. (more…)
The inimitable, irrepressible, they-broke-the-mold, etc. Fred Eaglesmith along with femme fatale Tif Ginn, return to their Halifax home, The Carleton, for a show on Saturday, August 11th. Show time is 8 PM sharp and tickets are $40 advanced or $45 at the door. Fred’s been releasing albums since 1980 and performing for even longer. His (more…)
It’s August and time for another Open Stage at The Carleton – a night of impromptu themes, random and impulsive acts and so much more – on Monday, August 20th. Hosted by Lindsay Kyte and Laura Caswell, prominent figures in the theatre community who just love bringing artists together. Proceeds from this show will go (more…)
Paper Beat Scissors (the brainchild of Tim Crabtree) brings a very special show with a six piece chamber music ensemble to The Carleton to kick off the Halifax Urban Folk Festival on Sunday, August 26th. Joining him on the bill are Toronto’s young buzz band (and July Talk’s Leah Fay’s new fave) Moscow Apartment and (more…)
The Halifax Urban F0lk Festival returns for its 9th year at The Carleton and is over the moon to present best-selling author and musician Tom Wilson’s Beautiful Scars show at The Carleton, along with Halifax’s own Gabrielle Papillon, on Monday, August 27th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $25, available at TicketPro HERE. (more…)
The Halifax Urban F0lk Festival returns for its 9th year at The Carleton and is pleased to present the inimitable, irrepressible, Steve Poltz in all his wing-nut glory, along with the amazing Carmen Townsend, at The Carleton on Tuesday, August 28th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30 available at TicketPro HERE. Steve (more…)